Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the left. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: Rurik wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Ranger, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Rurik alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'0". She wears a fancy grey dress, and her gloved hand is found clutching a scythe. She has moderate length red hair. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. A true patriot, Sybil would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Sybil never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military, In love, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She is an epitome of beauty. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She's also a talented Marshal, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 16000 sp. Eye agate (16 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: An older woman who is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest, she is not a threatening figure. She has no crest. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She is a Hag in disguise. After coming to the age of reason, Hillanot took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature mace.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She is physically well-built. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Adventurer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. After months of barely getting by, Bendoo managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 10 pp.